KYOTO STORM WARNING

LRD in three lethal doses.

Studio Et Live ’67-’69 (RIVISTA, 1991)

No ‘Group Sounds’ here. The fledgling Rallies hailed the ‘rock revolution’ with bell-ringing dream-psych (Soap Bubbles) and driving, Frisco-style folk rock (My Conviction) bookended with howls of ego-shredding electric storms.

Mizutani/Les Rallizes Dénudés (RIVISTA, 1991)

Recorded in one all-night session in early 1970, this was Mizutani’s attempt to turn a new leaf. “We played all the quiet songs,” says Kubota, “then he started The Last One, hit the fuzz pedal and we were the loud Rallies again.”

Live ’77 (RIVISTA, 1991)

Includes the nearest thing to a Rallies anthem, Night Of The Assassins, built around the riff from Little Peggy March’s I Will Follow Him. Pick of the bunch in ’91 when Sonic Youth and MBV were flying.